Brief Life History of Thomas Maxwell
When Thomas Maxwell Buck was born on 10 April 1912, in Latham, Butler, Kansas, United States, his father, Ernest Ferguson Buck, was 30 and his mother, Frances Thomas, was 31. He married Dorothy Lucille Houlton on 6 September 1936. He lived in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, United States in 1935 and Marion, Marion, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 14 June 1999, at the age of 87, and was buried in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Marion, Kansas, United States.
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- Maxwell Buck, "United States Census, 1940"
- Thomas Maxwell Buck, "Kansas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Thomas Maxwell Buck, "BillionGraves Index"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).
German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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